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PoE 2 Build

[FUN] Fire Spell on Hit Builds

Warrior

Smith of Kitava

End Game

0.5 RotA

Creator

By PaintMasterPoE

Updated on Jun 26, 2026

Jun 26, 2026

Build Overview

Update for 0.5 (Jun 26)

IMPORTANT: Ultimate Life Flask can roll Prefix "#% Increased Life Recovered/Removes 15% of Life Recovered from Mana when used" that goes up to 100% Increased Life Recovered. Downside is ignored because Flask is never used and we have Blood Magic
*It also cost much cheaper than "#% Increased Amount Recovered" that only goes to 80% and cost 8-10 Div for 76% roll
Added new variant with Sadist's Mercy that also has debuff that increase enemy Power
Tested Rite of Restoration with Blood Magic and it does work, so since we have permanent Life Flask with ~850 Life/Sec Recovery, now we using Blood Magic
Newly added shield Eyes of the Runefather is nice addition to build, it inflict Debuff that increase Power of enemies by 5, so normal mobs get from 1 to 6 Power, and Bosses get from 20 to 25 Power. And since we have nothing on swap, now it's nice option to use it, and just press Raise Shield once on Boss to apply that Debuff
Grip of Kulemak mod for Double Power unfortunately doesn't work, and unknown when will be fixed, but afaik devs aware about it

*End of update

About current version

Collapsing Horizon used because it effectively halves Energy required to trigger Spells and to get +4 Levels for Spells
Collapsing Horizon's high Crit Chance is nice bonus allowing to use Maligaro's Virtuosity with Pinpoint Critical to reach close to 100% Crit Chance, which is really needed because we want all damage we can get for Attacks to generate more energy
Crown of Eyes used as before, one of very few Uniques for hybrid Attack/Spell builds
Yoke of Suffering is by far best option for increasing both Attack and Spell damage, applying one ailment makes enemy take 20% increased Damage, which is simply speaking 20% More Damage per Ailment
Soul Tether to add atleast some ES sustain, but it still not that good with nerfed Leech
Rest of gear - ES, Resists
Very important to get Rings with high flat Damage, ideally Phys + Lightning + Cold, to get them cheaper you can try buying 2 flat Damage ones and desecrated third Prefix

Useful links

My pobb.in (PoB's of all my builds)
Low Budget Gear Crafting Guide
Making currency as New Player plus general recommendations and tips

Strengths and Weaknesses

Use Collapsing Horizon that is one of most offmeta weapons currently
Play one of least popular ascendancies
Be true offmeta GIGACHAD
Bossing is surprisingly good, you fire insane number of Fireballs
Cheap

Can't do juiced endgame content (Didn't test it yet)

Build Variants

Collapsing Horizon

Sadist's Mercy

VERY IMPORTANT

Make sure to take 30% Increased Life Recovery from Flasks in Abandoned Prison in Act 4!!!

Variant made around Collapsing Horizon, that basically halves needed Energy to trigger Spells, and add +4 Levels to Fireball or Living Bomb

It can use Cast on Critical + Comet by removing Idol of the Martyr, but i didn't test it yet, currently playing variant with Sadist's Mercy

Equipment

Collapsing Horizon

Sadist's Mercy

Set 1

Set 2

Jewels

Equipment Priority

+11

Lock your Weapon to both Weapon Sets by Rightclicking on Weapon Set icon above Weapon Slot!

Weapon

Collapsing Horizon with +4 Levels and high Crit. Preferably 3 Sockets
Idol of the Martyr for 40% Energy Gain, Saqawal's Rune of the Sky for 5% Extra Damage for Each Element which is very important, and third rune just Greater Iron Rune to get more Phys Damage for Leech

Weapon Set 2

Any Mace with Warcry Cooldown
Eyes of the Runefather

Helmet

Fairly simple here, Crown of Eyes, preferably 2 sockets
Tzamoto's Soul Core of Ferocity for +4 Max Rage, Soul Core of Tacati for Chaos Resistance, or Fire Resist Rune

Body Armor

Reverie, important to get as close to 40% Less Life Flask Recovery
It can have useful Corrupts like 3 Sockets or Enchants like +1% Max Resists
Since we use Shavronne's Satchel to get ES Recovery from Life Flask, using Stoat Idol to get 5% ES bypass makes Damage you take spread between Life and ES effectively increasing your Recovery from Flask
Other Rune is Greater Vision Rune for Increased Recovery, since base ES is very low, using Greater Iron Rune has very little effect
Craiceann's Rune of Warding is also great option

Gloves

Maligaro's Virtuosity with 2 Sockets, on average it's cheaper to Vaal it yourself

Boots

High Energy Shield with Movespeed
Search any Elemental Resistances, as much as possible, then use Blazing Flux to transform it all to Fire Resistance, which on Smith of Kitava is huge because of Coal Stoker

Amulet

Yoke of Suffering is one of very few options to increase damage for both Attacks and Spells
There's plenty of good Instils, but Evocational Practitioner should be best for Trigger Rate

Rings

Rare Ruby Ring with atleast 2 good flat Damage Mods (Any) and 2 high tier Resists to use Blazing Flux, if you can't cap Resists, then have to use Runes in Helmet or Body Armor
Grip of Kulemak with "Targets affected by Abyssal Wasting in your Presence have double Power" and one of many useful mods it can roll, which you can find here, for example:
- (10—20)% chance to gain Onslaught for 3 seconds when you kill an enemy affected by Abyssal Wasting
- Abyssal Wasting also applies (-15—-10)% to Fire Resistance
- (30—40)% increased maximum Energy Shield / (15—25)% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
- Any Extra Damage
- And few more useful mods

Belt

Shavronne's Satchel, as close to 20% Flask Life Recovery Rate
Since we're Smith of Kitava, getting +3% Max Fire Res Corrupted Enchant will also get us +3% Max Cold and Lightning Res from Forged in Flame

Jewels

Heroic Tragedy (Vorana version) is fairly good option to get more Energy Shield by getting Keystone called Black Scythe Training which grant 1% Energy Shield per 2 Strength, which in my case give me ~70% Energy Shiel
From Nothing (Bulwark) to get Heavy Drinker and small passives
Heart of the Well with Extra Cold + Extra Lightning Damage, also it can have +1% Max Fire Res
Rare Sapphire with Spell Damage, Crit Chance and %ES

Charms

Ngamahu's Chosen sometimes will give you max rage when you take fire damage, kinda useful
Sanguis Heroum against bleeding
Nascent Hope

Flasks

VERY IMPORTANT: Ultimate Life Flask with 95%+ Increased Life Recovered
Lavianga's Spirits

Skill Gems

Collapsing Horizon

Sadist's Mercy

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 90

Dex 50

Int 55

Quarterstaff Strike

Level 20

Fire Spell on Hit

Level 20

Manifest Weapon

Level 20

Rite of Restoration

Level 18

Gathering Storm

Level 18

Blasphemy

Level 18

Tempest Bell

Level 19

Whirling Assault

Level 19

Infernal Cry

Level 19

Gem Priority

+42

Green outline - Weapon Set 2 only, Pink outline - Weapon Set 1 only

Notes

You might likely don't have enough Strength to use Level 19+ Infernal Cry, just use highest you can
This is my first time playing Quarterstaff, but i guess those skills are best options for this build, Whirling Assault currently is best option, Gathering Storm looks cool and does some damage
On weapon set 2 only Infernal Cry that grant a lot of Empowers to boost Attack Damage for better Energy buildup
Blasphemy with Elemental Weakness
Yes, Elemental Weakness works in Fire Spell on Hit, but it adds another spell to sequence lowering trigger rate of Fireball and Living Bomb

Passive Tree

Collapsing Horizon

Sadist's Mercy

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

Weapon Set 1 is main tree

Weapon Set 2 just for Infernal Cry and Raise Shield

Quest Rewards

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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack

+10% to Cold Resistance

Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Freythorn — The King in the Mists

+30 to Spirit

Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite

+20 to maximum Life

Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Valley of the Titans — Medallion

30% increased Charm Charges gained

+1 Charm Slot

Deshar — Final Letter

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan

+10% to Lightning Resistance

Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught

25% increased Stun Threshold

Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant

+10% to Fire Resistance

The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch

+30 to Spirit

The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault

Reforging Bench

Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Journey's End — Captain Hartlin

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Skill Gem(Lv 13)

Delirium Drop

Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest

5% increased Maximum Mana

Halls of the Dead — Yama The White

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test

+5 to Dexterity

Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice

30% increased Life Recovery from Flasks

Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test

+5 to Intelligence

Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test

+5% to Fire Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine

30% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine

5% increased Maximum Life

Qimah — Tabana's Pillar

+5% to all Elemental Resistances

Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear

+40 to Spirit

Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

How it Plays

Clearing

Infernal Cry, Whirling Assault or Gathering Storm

Boss

Infernal Cry, Raise Shield (Eyes of the Runefather) couple Whirling Assault, then Tempest Bell, then continue with Whirling Assault

Changelog

Jan 1, 2026: Added High Budget Setup
May 22, 2026: Early update for 0.5
Jun 8, 2026: Last update, build unfortunately died. Current version is my last attempt trying to make it work, it's not good enough to be playable build, but it works
Jun 19, 2026: Made Fire Spell on Hit work again with Collapsing Horizon, not as good as old Wyvern, but that's what we have